Harness-saddle.



- Patented sept. n, |900. P. MAEGAARD.

HARNESS SADDLE.

(Apxflienton led Aug` 1,v 1899.)

(No Model.)

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`with this invention.

dNITED STATI-3s .PATENT OFFICE.

` MAEGAARD, oFfKENosHA, WISCONSIN.

HARNESS-SADDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatentV No.' 657,55'7. dated September l1, 1900.

Application filed Auglustjl. 1899. Serial No. 725.799. (llolmodel.l i u ing an animal from being injured by frictionA or rubbing of the saddle even when subjected to a heavy load.

A further object of the invention is to enable the saddle to be adjusted to suit large and small horses and to provide a metallic saddle which will not become heated by the sun sufficiently to annoy .an animal.

The invention consists in the construction and noyel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed ont in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a saddle constructed in accordance Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional View. t

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the ig'ures of thedrawings.

l designates an arched bar forming the body portion of a .saddle and adapted to extend transversely of the back of a horse or other animal and Aprovided at its ends with eyes 2 for the reception of pivotsf 3, which connect links or frames 4 and plates or disks 5 to the body of the saddle. The body of the saddle, which arches the-back of a horse or `other draft-animal, is out of contact with the horse motion to avoid rubbing the back of an animal, and they areV concavo-convex, aS

clearly illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings,

and present convex lower or outer faces and are adapted to fit the back of a horse at opposite sides of the backbone. The bar l is constructed of metal, and the plates or disks, which are constructed of the same material, are provided at their outer concave faces with linings or coverings 8, of leather or other suitablev material, which will prevent the plates or disks from becoming `heated when exposed to the sun, whereby the metallic saddle will causeno annoyance or inconvenience to'an animal.

' The plates or disks 5 are provided with ,l

12 and 13, located at the outer ends of the sides and at a point near the centers thereof and adapted to receive,respectively, the girth or belly-band and the thill-tugs for the attachment of the shafts. The sides 11 are provided at their inner ends with eyes 14., arranged at the outer faces of the arms 9 and receiving the pivot-bolts 3, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. The links or frames, which are substantially rectangular, have their` sides slightly bent at their outer ends, as .shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and the joint between the body portion of the saddle and the links and the disks or plates permits the parts to yield readily to horse motion and effectnally prevents the back of an animal from being rubbed and injured by the saddle. The links or .frames are spaced from the plates or disks,

and they extend downward beyond the lower edges of the same, as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

lt will be seen that the saddle, which is metallic, possesses great strength and durability and that it is adapted to yield to horse A. "motion and thereby prevent the bask of'an.

animal'foni Being rubbed and injured, ald' thatthedisks or plates are apableof adg just-ment.to"4 Vafytthe distance between themfn and adapt the :saddle forA large and small' n animals.V` `It'willalso be'apparent"thatlie plates or disks are prevented from becoming heated'bythefsun and thatthe piyotf-bolts fol-rn a joint between each end of the bodyv portion offthefsaddle and the adjaeentdisk QrIpla'teand th'elink or frame that will per'- .adjusted toward an dfi-om each other Without ihjing them `longitiidinallyv of the links andA .Y the arched bar, l'and' thev ltransverse: pivots fp as''singi.throughl the perfor-ations theeyes and the links',k said links beingent-irely separate fromand' adapted to l move independentlyo'fthe plates, substantially a'sdeseribed. j h `2.. `A deyice of the class'deseriloed com prisig-jba-rprovided with eyes., the links-extending downward from the ends of the bar `.and Vcomposed of sides providedat their upper end'swith perforatio'ns, registering`with` vfieri ngany ofthe ad vantages ofthis ih ytentioii, l

vloyiv'erends of the latter andprovidedwitli" parallelarms arranged in pairs at opposite` sides of theends of the bar and extending npvwardfat an inclination at right-anglesto theV mit the partsltomove freely and independently otone another; Al f Y. v

Changes in' the form, proportion, size, and

the lninor details of construction withinthe scope of the appended elais maybe resorted to' without departing` from the'spiritoisae'ri- Whatis claimedfis+ l.' A 4device of the classdeseribed eonip'Iltis-k `ing` the arched liarprovided at its ends with eyes, the links extending downward from theA ends of the arched bar, the eoneavo-co'n'vex t plates located Within the space iiielo'sed liy the arched bar andthe links at points above the planes of the peripheries of the*v platesjad vprovided attint'ervals lwith alined perforation's, whereby the plates are adapted nto be :the vsaid Y, eyes, said sides havingr dwergng Ylo'werpri ions and inwardly-benttlower ends,

Athe intermediate transverse connecting-` pi'eees' `13 extending across theliii ks and connesting the sides between the ends thereof; and the lower transverse pieces l2 connect- "iti'gvthbet e'nds of the sides, -the plates loeatedwithin the spacein'olosed by the bar and the links, and arins connecting the plates 

